Ties and white coats, to wear or not to wear? Patients' attitude to doctors' appearance in the otolaryngology outpatient clinic

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 505-506

  Hathorn, I F ^a   Ross, S K ^a   Cain, A J ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLOTHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; NECK TIES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WHITE COATS;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE; CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 53849090967     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2008.01717.x     Document Type: Letter

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